J.J. Nelson NFL Stats, Career Profile & VAL | StatVault

J.J. Nelson is a career quality starter — a receiver whose body of work places Nelson in the top half of all players at the position historically. The Knox model values sustained contribution over flash, and Nelson's career arc reflects exactly that kind of reliable professional-grade performance.

J.J. Nelson

WROAK#15CUT

J.J. Nelson

Top 40% all-time WRsHigh-End Starter

Height5'10"

Weight160 lb

BornApr 24, 1992

Age34

CollegeUAB See College Stats

ConferenceNO FOOTBALL

Rookie yr2015

Combined Season Grid

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Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Receiving									Rushing								Snap Counts						Advanced Rushing (2018+)
Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tgt	Rec	Yds	TD	Ctch%	Y/R	Y/Tgt	AirYd/T	1D	Att	Yds	TD	Y/A	TD%	1D	1D%	Fmb	Off	Off%	Def	Def%	ST	ST%	YBC	YBC/Att	YAC	YAC/Att	BrkTkl	Att/Br	1D
2015	23	ARI	9	—	27	11	299	2	40.7%	27.2	11.1	—	11	1	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0	148	20.1%	—	0.0%	15	4.5%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2016	24	ARI	14	—	74	34	568	6	45.9%	16.7	7.7	—	26	4	83	1	20.8	25.0	3	75.0	0	471	43.3%	—	0.0%	10	2.1%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2017	25	ARI	16	—	61	29	508	2	47.5%	17.5	8.3	—	21	3	37	0	12.3	0.0	2	66.7	0	537	48.4%	—	0.0%	17	3.3%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2018	26	ARI	9	—	19	7	64	0	36.8%	9.1	3.4	—	4	4	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0	213	25.4%	—	0.0%	1	0.2%	-6	-1.5	6	1.5	0	—	0
2019	27	OAK	1	—	5	4	36	1	80.0%	9.0	7.2	—	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	52	44.5%	—	0.0%	—	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Career		—	49	—	186	85	1,475	11	45.7%	17.4	7.9	—	63	12	120	1	10.0	8.3	5	41.7	0	1,421	36.0%	—	0.0%	43	2.4%	-6	—	6	—	0	—	0

Career Value · VORP

19 career value over replacement — #3152 all-time of 4,666. 4.8/season above a replacement-level WR.

Draft OutcomeSteal ↑

Pick #159 (Rd 5) · ARI · 2015 · +22.4 vs expected KV-H

49actual

26.6 expected · Δ+22.4

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Receiving

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tgt	Rec	Yds	TD	Ctch%	Y/R	Y/Tgt	AirYd/T	1D
2015	23	ARI	9	0*	27	11	299	2	40.7%	27.2	11.1	—	11
2016	24	ARI	14	0*	74	34	568	6	45.9%	16.7	7.7	—	26
2017	25	ARI	16	0*	61	29	508	2	47.5%	17.5	8.3	—	21
2018	26	ARI	9	0*	19	7	64	0	36.8%	9.1	3.4	—	4
2019	27	OAK	1	—	5	4	36	1	80.0%	9.0	7.2	—	1
Career			49		186	85	1,475	11	45.7%	17.4	7.9	—	63

* GS not available from free sources — SG* estimated from snap share (nflverse 2012+)

Snap Counts

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Off	Off%	Def	Def%	ST	ST%
2015	23	ARI	11	0*	148	20.1%	—	0.0%	15	4.5%
2016	24	ARI	15	0*	471	43.3%	—	0.0%	10	2.1%
2017	25	ARI	16	0*	537	48.4%	—	0.0%	17	3.3%
2018	26	ARI	14	0*	213	25.4%	—	0.0%	1	0.2%
2019	27	OAK	2	—	52	44.5%	—	0.0%	—	0.0%
Career			58		1,421	—	—	—	43	—

* GS not available from free sources — SG* estimated from snap share (nflverse 2012+)

Advanced Rushing (2018+)

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	YBC	YBC/Att	YAC	YAC/Att	BrkTkl	Att/Br	1D
2018	26	ARI	14	0*	-6	-1.5	6	1.5	0	—	0
Career			14		-6	—	6	—	0	—	0

* GS not available from free sources — SG* estimated from snap share (nflverse 2012+)

Advanced Receiving (2018+)

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	ADOT	YBC/R	YAC/R	BrkTkl	Drops	Drop%	1D	TgtRate
2018	26	ARI	14	0*	18.8	5.7	3.4	0	0	0.0	4	7.2
2019	27	OAK	2	—	5.2	5.3	3.8	0	0	0.0	1	136.2
Career			16		—	—	—	0	0	—	5	—

* GS not available from free sources — SG* estimated from snap share (nflverse 2012+)

Splits

40 games · 2016–2019

Folded from the per-game logs on file. Home/away, result, month and division come from the NFL schedule feed; where a game has no schedule row those dimensions leave it out rather than guess, and the count is shown.

Home / Away2 rows · 1 not classified

Home / Away	G	Rush	Rush Yds	Rush TD	Tgt	Rec	Rec Yds	Rec TD	FPts
Home	21	7	53	—	74	30	432	2	58.5
Away	18	4	67	1	80	40	708	6	119.5

1 of 40 games have no schedule row for this dimension and are excluded from the rows above rather than assigned a bucket.

Wins / Losses3 rows · 1 not classified

Wins / Losses	G	Rush	Rush Yds	Rush TD	Tgt	Rec	Rec Yds	Rec TD	FPts
Wins	15	4	47	—	54	25	521	3	72.8
Losses	23	6	69	1	93	42	535	5	96.4

Regular season / Postseason1 row

Regular season / Postseason	G	Rush	Rush Yds	Rush TD	Tgt	Rec	Rec Yds	Rec TD	FPts
Regular season	40	11	120	1	159	74	1176	9	187.6

By opponent24 rows

By opponent	G	Rush	Rush Yds	Rush TD	Tgt	Rec	Rec Yds	Rec TD	FPts
vs ATL	1	—	—	—	4	2	30	—	3
vs CAR	1	—	—	—	12	8	79	2	19.9

By month5 rows · 1 not classified

By month	G	Rush	Rush Yds	Rush TD	Tgt	Rec	Rec Yds	Rec TD	FPts
January	1	—	—	—	12	4	75	—	7.5
September	7	—	—	—	21	12	178	2	29.8

Division games2 rows · 1 not classified

Division games	G	Rush	Rush Yds	Rush TD	Tgt	Rec	Rec Yds	Rec TD	FPts
Division	15	2	12	—	61	24	513	1	56.5
Non-division	24	9	108	1	93	46	627	7	121.5